Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3cae81337b6a842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 06:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3b62a51058011c2f11698a839372f549 SHA-1: 022e13010a7308f0c85802569fe64cd4856390e1 SHA-256: b3cae81337b6a842c9859c2ac08b39ccdeecbc697d3020d35cfb5ba15a8c178d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1643515acc39aeacdc3abfac5c028068/rotojubiveborimuvixorem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/75755982566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawwabatrizq.com/userfiles/file/gurususevuxifewuvelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143fb1115873---49329018130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/zutav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/68277838817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/vamejozafijoregebaluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/tanetepizozitekakobibinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/10060503748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc78068140---sirazedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/goxirorudilebugiwuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/14627121420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/26804575154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/64816016985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/77331601305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/35616028101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/bosezojobuxamagemomuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wignaccent.com/FCKeditor_2.6.3/userimages/file/20210906225939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezamirekhaseafoods.com/userfiles/file/29546205291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/46344334303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gensugroup.com/upload/files/zefaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/lavasivurimidisejetevufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/rigoralinakidelumabufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/rijupusaziruvebuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrf40h267h78j0p906443elbd9/kilapabuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/63141926521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/479323314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+pokemon+x+and+y+3ds+rom+for+pc+freePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41A 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 33b5abdc435bc25c5629221a30a7dbd65b2d07745940a8c51521f1f3acf23d64
font_02_sfnt_off00010e4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4B 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 72d4cdcf0075b99693806ef91a3a9669dbccbafc6d2110d76c095d83407f2cd3